Scottie Scheffler got the surprise of a lifetime on his alma mater’s campus Saturday morning.

Ahead of the Texas versus Alabama game in Austin, ESPN’s College GameDay invited Scheffler up on stage to get their insights on this afternoon’s game. But before they ended the particular segment, Gene Wojciechowski experienced on last surprise with regard to him.

“One of the perks of winning the Masters is you be able to wear that green coat, ” Wojciechowski said. “You weren’t able to bring it these days, but we don’t would like you to go in the stadium empty-handed. We want to thank you for finding the time of coming out here. So we wanted to give you a little some thing. ”

Tx men’s golf coach Mark Fields then walked onstage with a veiled item. When Scheffler took the material off the item, it revealed the Jack Nicklaus Award trophy underneath.

“There it is, the Jack Nicklaus Honor, ” Wojchiechowski said. “Given to the 2022 PGA Tour Player of the Year. ”

Scheffler has been overcome with emotion when he hugged his former trainer.

“I don’t really have much to say, ” Scheffler said as the audience chanted his name. “I definitely was not expecting that. But that means a lot to me. ”

According to the PGA Tour, Scheffler received 89 percent of the votes from his peers, beating out there fellow finalists Rory McIlroy and Cameron Smith.

Scheffler earned four victories in 2022, including his first major success at the Masters. He also notched eleven top-10 finishes and 4 runner-ups, and authored one of the most lucrative season in Tour history with $14, 046, 910 in official revenue.

“On behalf of the PGA TOUR, congratulations to Scottie on his outstanding season and his unprecedented accomplishments, ” Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said. “Undoubtably, one of the highest compliments a player can receive is the recommendation from his peers, as well as the fact that Scottie’s season was both dominant and consistent spoke volumes to the account. ”

With the honor, Scheffler becomes the first player to win Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year (2019), PGA Trip Rookie of the Year (2019-20) and PGA Tour Player of the year.

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Zephyr Melton is an assistant editor for GOLF. com where he spends his days running a blog, producing and editing. Prior to joining the team on GOLF. com, he went to the University of Tx followed by stops with Team USA, the Green Bay Packers and the PGA Tour. He assists on everything instruction and covers novice and women’s golf.